Razor-strop.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

G. W. COLLINS.

RAZOR STROP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1905.

INVENTOR ang e 71 CZZZz'nJ WITNESSES:

center of each strop member.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAZOFF-STROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed J l 12,1905. Serial No. 269,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM COL- LINS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Razor-Strep, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

In my experience I have found that many persons who use razors constantly injure them by an improper use of the ordinary swinging strop; and it is the principal object of the present invention to construct a strop in such a manner that this cannot be done.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference designate similar parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a strop constructed in accordance with my inven tion. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the center piece thereof, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The strop is provided with two strop mem bers a and b, one preferably being a sharpening-strop and the other a finishing-strop. These two members are preferably secured by a seam c or other fastening device, so that they pass freely around a ring (1, which is connected with a handle e of any desired con.- struction. The two strop members extend forwardly from the handle and may be secured together by a clamp f and thumbscrew 9. The clamp has a loop f, by which the strop can be suspended froma hook or the like at the end. In order to guard against the injury which the amateur is likely to inflict upon a razor, I provide a center piece 72. between the two strop members. This center piece is preferably constructed of a strip of hard wood, celluloid, composition, or other material which will be substantially rigid, and it is provided with convex surfaces It upon its opposite sides, whereby the cen tral portion of the strop members will be continually at the highest point, and thus provide for a smooth and firm surface along the This is for the purpose of preventing the razor from engaging the strop on its two opposite edges and for affording at all times a place upon which the part which it is desired to sharpen or finish can be applied. It will be noticed that even if the razor is applied in a slanting position it will ordinarily strike above the convex surface of the center piece, and consequently a proper sharpening or finishing action can take place. The forward end of the center piece is preferably flat and is locat-ed adjacent to and bearing upon the ring d near the meeting ends of the two strop members. The rear end, however, is provided with a slot k and this slot passes on the two sides of the screw 9, so that the screw can be loosened and tightened in such a manner as to adjust the center piece with reference to the strop members, and therefore retain the latter in sufficiently tight position to allow for stretching of the leather or other material used for the strop. This adjustable feature is desirable, as it will be noticed that the two strop members are loosely connected together. This loose connection avoids the disadvantages of those strops which have been formed of rigidly-connected straps that could not be adjusted with respect to each other or with respect to the supporting means employed. It will be seen that when a strop is constructed in accordance with this principle it is impossible to get any slack in the strop when in use, also that by its use it is impossible to damage the razor, and, in fact, it possesses all the advantages of first-class swinging strops and none of their disadvantages. The center piece is held in position merely by the screw 9 and by its end bearing on the ring (Z.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a razor-strop the combination of a pair of strop members secured together end to end by a flexible connection, a ring passing through the space between said strop members and engaging the flexible connection, a handle pivotally connected with said ring, a center plate composed of rigid material and having convex surfaces on its opposite sides, said plate being provided with a longitudinal slot opening from one end and with a flat surface at the other end, said flat surface engaging said ring whereby the plate is prevented from springing from the strop at this end, a plate located over the end of the two strop members and the slot end of the center plate, said plate having a hook, and a screw passing through the slot, said last-named plate holding the ends of the strop members to the center plate and adjustably securing the center plate against lateral motion with respect to the body of the strop.

2. A razor-strop having a pair of strop members, adjustable means located between them for supporting them, said means comprising a plate having an open-ended slot in its end, and means for adjustably securing the plate to the strop members at any desired point along said slot.

3. A razor-strop having a pair of flexible strop members loosely connected together, a supporting-plate located between said members and having a longitudinal slot in one end, an adjustingscrew adapted to pass through said slot and said members for adjustably securing the plate to the strop members and a handle loosely connected with said strop members.

4. A razor-strop having a pair of strop members, means located between them for supporting them, said means comprising a plate having conveX faces against which the strop members loosely engage, a handle swingingly connected with the strop at the end of the center piece and a suspending loop at the opposite end of the strop.

5. A razor-strop comprising a pair of flexible strop members secured together end to end, a handle loosely connected with said members at a point adjacent to that at which they are secured together, said members being free to move with respect to each other at all points along their surfaces, and a convex plate located between said members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WILLIAM COLLINS.

Witnesses J. C. ALBRIGHT, CHARLES B. WADE. 

